Sir Ivan Rogers resigns. Sir Ivan who?

The UK’s permanent representative to the EU (let’s call him ambassador, for short) resigned and sent a long email to all his staff. Not the usual ‘thanks for all your hard work’ and ‘I will miss you’ for Sir Ivan Rogers. No, he had a lot to say for himself. About 1400 words. For all … Read more

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It is NOT a post-truth world

What a crock of s**t to describe 2016 as the start of “post-truth” politics. The Oxford English Dictionary is reported to have said that “post-truth” is their word of the year. In the Washington Post they commented: It’s official: Truth is dead. Facts are passe. What world do you live in, where the pre-2016 establishment-sanctioned … Read more